How To Use Sit by In A Sentence
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Do you think Hillary wants to sit by and watch McCain appoint Supreme Court Justices, block universal health care, send more money to Iraq in exchange for body bags?
McCain raises $21.5 million in May
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But much of the time there is no electricity, and at night we sit by candlelight.
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On a cold evening it is pleasant to sit by the fire.
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In the psychiatrists office I sit by the wall and think about melting a lot.
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A POLL-TAX payer has received an apology from Middlesbrough Council after an unexpected visit by the bailiffs.
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Mladic attorney Milos Saljic visited him in his jail cell in the early afternoon and said the former general was crying and very emotional during what he called a farewell visit by his wife and sister.
Mladic spending night in isolation at UN prison
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Turkey reacted by demanding an apology over what it called the discourteous treatment of Celikkol, further souring ties between the two regional powers on the eve of a visit by Ehud Barak, Israel's defence minister.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)
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Apart from a small team of other ice-bound colleagues, his only contact with the outside world for two years was a single visit by a supply ship.
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After a glass of bubbly in ours, we sit by the fire and play board games.
The Sun
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On another hand, it's a wakeup call to believers who sit by while unimaginable evils occur in the name of Jesus and say nothing other besides defensively whining that "all Christians aren't like that," or that the person reacting in grief and outrage is simply "persecuting Christians" because he's a "nonbeliever" (whether he's a nonbeliever or not.)
Michael Rowe: Why Anne Rice Has Never Been More of a Christian
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On a cold evening it is pleasant to sit by the fire.
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Your highness, even with our humble spread, we cannot think to exalt ourselves and sit by your majesty.
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Any school visit by an astronaut is of great value and can serve as a life-altering event.
A Question of Priorities On The 9th Floor - NASA Watch
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It's easy as pie just to sit by the highway, idling, letting the drivers pass you by.
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In that case why don't you sit by your kindred over there?
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Only an unannounced visit by the agency could have ascertained the truth in the matter.
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Mr. Moldenhauer insisted in his evidence that he had merely offered to make up some or all of the loss of the deposit by reducing his commission in future deals with Mr. Wemyss.
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Last night we made a fire to sit by and today it is scorching hot.
The Life and Adventures of William Cobbett
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Don't just sit by while your rights are violated!
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The agreement was signed during a visit by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who pledged to deepen ties with Iran and stand together against what he called the imperialist powers of the world.
Undefined
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Dad's smile falters but in the end he goes to sit by mom and I'm standing by the doorway with my hand on my arm like a wallflower at a junior high dance.
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He was too shy to come sit by me in class.
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An it worrets me as Mr. Tomll sit by himself so glumpish, a-knittin his brow, an a-lookin at the fire of a night.
IV. Brother and Sister. Book VI—The Great Temptation
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The gangway was installed on Friday for a weekend visit by construction workers and their families prior to the transatlantic liner's maiden voyage.
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Advance payments can be transferred to an advance reservation deposit by using the transfer debit and credit keys. 8.
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A POLL-TAX payer has received an apology from Middlesbrough Council after an unexpected visit by the bailiffs.
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Often we found lock tenders coordinating our transit by having the doors on the next lock - miles ahead - opened ahead of time.
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On a cold evening it is pleasant to sit by the fire.
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He was too shy to come sit by me in class.
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David preached a stirring sermon on the Beatitudes as he reflected on his visit by bus to an African village.
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Nor could it be otherwise that the young men contrive great wealth; but they sit by night over the cards, and it passes from them, and they speak harsh words one to another, and in anger blows are struck, and there is bad blood between them.
CHAPTER 2
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The delegation decided to prolong their visit by one week.
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I will not sit by and watch the destruction of our project.
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At Merger, a "nunatak" or rocky peak sticking out of the ice, the only evidence of a visit by U.S. scientists in 1975 is a tiny metal stake covered by a pile of rocks.
Reuters: Top News
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Her visit coincided exactly with a visit by the American president.
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In every city where Art is practised there are old gentlemen who never touched a pencil in their lives, but find the occupation and company of artists so agreeable that they are never out of the studios; follow one generation of painters after another; sit by with perfect contentment while Jack is drawing his pifferaro, or Tom designing his cartoon, and years afterwards when Jack is established in Newman
The Newcomes
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After passing through the small wooden torii, a Japanese-style gate, I stroll along a path built by Seattle landscape contractor Fujitaro Kubota in the 1960s and pause to sit by the pond to watch swans.
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The visit by Laban is worth underscoring for its exceptionality.
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The visit by the mission is expected to eventually pave the way for the Japanese government to offer aid to the hibakusha in North Korea and also to give impetus to stalled normalization talks between the two countries.
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These beliefs may be wrong - the innocent who are indicted nevertheless may sit by in mute horror, and husbands who lose their families in one fell swoop may be frozen in depression as a result.
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Her visit coincided exactly with a visit by the American president.
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The speedway will also be hosting a visit by the $250,000 racing monster truck, Outback Thunda.
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If William II visited John Peter in the west and John repaid the favour in London, we might inquire what opportunities for social broadening a visit by John or Will Peter to their London cousin entailed.
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In the Eastern Cape, it was only through a visit by him that an intergovernmental procedure, which had prevented a hot water geyser in a hospital being repaired, was "unblocked".
ANC Daily News Briefing
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We cannot just sit by and watch this tragedy happen.
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Come and sit by the fire - you look chilled to the bone.
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Oh, and I think someone who can produce the glorious phrase ‘gorgeously-bedizened gasbag’ is not someone who missed out on a visit by the fairy godmother of lyricism in their crib.
And Again, Love « Tales from the Reading Room
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He added that plans for a visit by Ban would be reconsidered in line with developments in the situation.
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Total or Constructive Total Loss of the whole consignment hereby insured caused in the course of transit by natural calamities: heavy weather, lightning, tsunami, earthquake and flood.
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However, I believe that a visit by a town dweller to a game fair would challenge ingrained attitudes.
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Second, please brief us on the visit by US Attorney General Holder.
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Oxide manganese deposits in east-northern Guizhou are of exotic weathering deposits, further may be subdivided into two kinds of the eluvial ore deposit and the leaching-accretion deposit by genesis.
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We cannot just sit by and watch this tragedy happen.
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His mother was allowed to sit by his side in a dock at Manchester Crown Court where he denies attempted murder.
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Muffle yourselves in your snug blankets or sit by your cosy fireside.
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This distraught dad told me that the previous night, he had gone out to sit by the family pool.
Christianity Today
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You must be frozen! Come and sit by the fire.
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Ansgar Sickert The recent visit by the EU's new trade negotiator Karel de Gucht was by comparison more high profile.
FTA: Free Trade Agreement or Futile Talk and Agony?
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The state visit by the premier captured the headlines of all newspapers.
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He admonished critics of the trip, which he called a visit by a long-time ally of Beijing.
Rights Group Criticizes China Invitation to Sudanese Leader
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He agrees to meet the morning after the concert for his sole face-to-face British interview only if his manager can sit by his side.
Times, Sunday Times
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They can pick way through the throngs of revellers by day to nab a bargain on one of the many stalls that line the streets, or sit by the wayside and have their fortune told.
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Furthermore, our stock was damaged in transit by the sub-contractor who sponsored the transport from Port Elizabeth to East London arranged by the committee.
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Even a weekly visit by a local authority home help - when it was finally arranged - was not enough.
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But the trumpeted improvement in external ties includes next week's groundbreaking Burma visit by the US secretary of state, the first such since John Foster Dulles travelled there in 1955.
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Carlow's ties with Slovenia were strengthened further recently with a visit by the Slovenian Ambassador to Ireland, Her Excellency Helena Drnovek Zorko.
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Her response was to jump up on to the kitchen counter and to sit by the tap, glaring at me until I turned it on to produce a trickle of the exact strength to meet her demanding standards.
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A quick visit by Ministry officials soon confirmed his fears.
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When you are getting on in years it is nice to sit by the fire and drink a cup of tea and listen to the school bell sounding dinner, call-over, prep, and lights-out.
Goodbye, Mr Chips
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At length his addresses were interrupted by the arrival of the mother, who had gone abroad to visit by herself; and the conversation becoming more general, he understood that Godfrey was at London, soliciting for a lieutenancy that had fallen vacant in the regiment to which he belonged; and that Miss Sophy was at home with her father.
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
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One thing to look forward to: a visit by Justice Alito, for whom Mr. Acosta clerked while he was on the Court of Appeals.
Discourse.net: FIU Makes a High-Stakes Bet on Alex Acosta
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Don't just sit by while the other children are all busy.
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Next to the ground was a papal cross, which commemorated a visit by the pontiff.
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His arrest followed a major security alert before a visit by the Prime Minister.
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No matter what you're talking about, the spinning red VRML cube has the patience to sit by and listen with an open ear.
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Each URL is a ‘Web site,’ or a location on the Internet that individuals can visit by clicking on hyperlinks.
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Any profits decreases for businesses will more than be off sit by the simulating impact of more than 40 billions dollars on our economy and gains in productively will increase as higher skilled workers replace uneducated peons and businesses find labor saving devices, technology, machines etc. to replace labor shortages. —
Congress Faces Gas, Energy Issues - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
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Once she had even told a teacher that she was claustrophobic just so that she would be able to sit by the window.
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Compliance and response to a gluten free diet were assessed at each visit by careful questioning.
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After a glass of bubbly in ours, we sit by the fire and play board games.
The Sun
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Days after a visit by US General David Patraeus, Pakistan security forc ...
GroundReport: No. 3 Taliban Leader, Omer Khalid, Killed in Pakistan: Security Forces
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Not about to sit by idly as other categories steal their calcium franchise, dairy processors have turned to fortification to recapture share of stomach.
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In another sign of the intractability of the situation, a planned Wednesday visit by Arab League Secretary General Nabil Elaraby to push for an Arab plan to defuse the crisis was called off at the last minute at the request of the Syrian government, two Arab League officials said.
Heavy gunfire in central Syria; several killed
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The chief changes come in Chapters Six and Seven of Trimalchio, and the long, late chapter, as Gatsby and Nick sit by the open French windows in Gatsby's house, the dawn after Myrtle's killing, when Gatsby breaks out "exuberantly": "I'll tell you everything.
Fitzgerald's 'Radiant World'
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Her visit coincided exactly with a visit by the American president.
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She extended her visit by another day
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Days after a visit by US General David Patraeus, Pakistan security forc ... digg
GroundReport: No. 3 Taliban Leader, Omer Khalid, Killed in Pakistan: Security Forces
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I felt drawn to sit by the river awhile, the unseasonably south wind cool on my cheek.
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On a cold evening it is pleasant to sit by the fire.
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Another similar statue was erected at the British Museum, and a duplicate of the statue was specially made in Britain and imported to sit by the new development.
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Today you're even more stressed because you're overdrawn and have to make a deposit by noon or your bank will bounce your mortgage payment.
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The government wants a successful trip by the crown prince and princess to pave the way for a visit by Emperor Akihito, the daily said.
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I ditched seminar because he would expect to sit by me and I can't reject him without him asking me what's wrong.
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As part of a distinguished tradition of parading in front of royalty, members of the regiment marked the royal visit by wearing oak leaves in their berets.
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Total or Constructive Total Loss of the whole consignment hereby insured caused in the course of transit by natural calamities: heavy weather, lightning, tsunami, earthquake and flood.
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JOHANNESBURG: South African police in a northern Johannesburg township were on alert as the Jukskei River looked set to burst its banks ahead of a visit by Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem
ANC Daily News Briefing
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She earned her title following a visit by Queen Victoria, says Dr Kellett.
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Fleet units dispatched to west PAC would have been attacked in transit by IJN the war would have been shorter as the roll back of ohm units would not have been so extensive, Singapore might not have fallen and THAT would have been a big bonus.
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The state visit by the premier captured the headlines of all newspapers.
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They will sit by a seal blowhole for hours, waiting, until the animal surfaces.
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He was too shy to come sit by me in class.
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The allegations were made yesterday amidst a state visit by Paraguayan President Luis Angel Gonzalez Macchi.
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In every city where Art is practised there are old gentlemen who never touched a pencil in their lives, but find the occupation and company of artists so agreeable that they are never out of the studios; follow one generation of painters after another; sit by with perfect contentment while Jack is drawing his pifferaro, or Tom designing his cartoon, and years afterwards when
The Newcomes
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You will never again sit by your grandmother's bed as she makes those huge paper boats from single sheets of paper for you to sail on rivers produced by the rain.
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Today you're even more stressed because you're overdrawn and have to make a deposit by noon or your bank will bounce your mortgage payment.
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Her visit coincided exactly with a visit by the American president.
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It was a wood fire, in an open chimney, for Mrs. Armadale would sit by no other; and I call the place the kitchen, for really a large portion of the work of the kitchen was done there; however, there was a stove in an adjoining room, which accommodated most of the boilers and kettles in use, while the room itself was used for all the "mussy" work.
Nobody
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After the standard postlanding cockpit visit by the flight surgeon, we changed into our blue coveralls and walked down the steps from the side hatch.
Riding Rockets
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Last night we made a fire to sit by and today it is scorching hot.
The Life and Adventures of William Cobbett
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They seem to do little all day other than to mop the changing room floors, pin yet more bits of paper to the notice board and sit by the pool side toying with the red ribbons tied to their whistles.
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Instantly, she thought of Christmases past where she would sit by the hearth and Joan would play the viol.
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And these clowns in Washington -- and I use that term affectionately -- sit by and watch all of this going on and busy themselves with some kind of juvenile debate about immigration reform.
CNN Transcript Jun 24, 2006
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Sudanese girls hold banners during a visit by UNICEF Good Will Ambassador actress Mia Farrow at Finna camp in the Jabal Marrah southeast of Darfur town of Nyala, Sudan, June 12, 2006.
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Only past the reception, almost hidden away on a landing, is there a reminder of the foundation's status and contacts: a vivid shirt in a glass case, presented during a visit by Nelson Mandela.
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He was just returning to sit by his chum when the nattiest, sprucest - looking soldier imaginable, wearing the olive-drab fatigue uniform of the Army and overcoat to match, stepped into the room.
Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point
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Mr. Tom'll sit by himself so glumpish, a-knittin 'his brow, an' a-lookin 'at the fire of a night.
The Mill on the Floss
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It is hoped a visit by a member of the royal family will take place on June 18.
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Come sit by me, my little darlings, my babies, my own.
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Come and sit by the fire - you look chilled to the bone.
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Scottish wave power company were puzzled when computers were stolen from their headquarters after an official visit by the man who is now the Chinese premier.
Times, Sunday Times
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Advance payments can be transferred to an advance reservation deposit by using the transfer debit and credit keys. 8.
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Advance payments can be transferred to an advance reservation deposit by using the transfer debit and credit keys. 8.
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If we have a seating plan in class they will refuse to sit by me.
The Sun
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The chances of a visit by Martians to the Earth are remote.
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The culmination of the exchange was a visit by the Foxford Transition Years to Ratingen in March and a return visit to Foxford by the German students and teachers last week.
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We usually go to see a movie or, if it's a nice evening, we get something to eat or drink and sit by the river.
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Her class had been preparing for his visit by writing autumn poems of their own and reading some of his books.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi touched off a political firestorm in W.shington when she touched down here in Syria, drawing a strong rebuke from President George W. Bush, who lashed out at what he calls the minced signals a visit by such a high-ranking U.S. official sends to the Syrian leadership, a state sponsor of terror.
CNN Transcript Apr 3, 2007
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On Sunday morning, Meena had teamed up with her friend Ramba and the two had tried to make an incognito visit by car to the Subramania Swamy Temple at Maruthamalai.
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Next to the ground was a papal cross, which commemorated a visit by the pontiff.
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Commanded to sit by Sir Walter, the women are all obedient acquiescence.
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Oh, I shouldn't forget about the "control" room, again set up at an expensive hotel, where FSOs are assigned to help manage the visit by engaging in crucial diplomatic activities such as photocopying, answering the phone, smiling at White House aides, and looking at CNN for lack of anything better to do.
John Brown: POTUS Visits and Public Diplomacy: Doing Nothing While Waiting for Nothing to Do
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Any school visit by an astronaut is of great value and can serve as a life-altering event.
A Question of Priorities On The 9th Floor - NASA Watch
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In Montgomery he suffered many regrets, not because of his treatment there, but because he felt it was indecent for him to live on his pension and stock from American Petroleum when he had failed them so signally: 'They hired me to help them maintain good relations with the Mexican government, and I had to sit by in impotence when CArdenas stole our entire operation and hundreds of yean of oil reserves.
Mexico
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I am outraged, shocked, in disbelieve that the US will sit by and allow the Gov't of Iran to disgrace and dishonor their citizens by demanding a $3,000 payment for the bullet that killed a relative before the Gov't will turn over the body to the family.
Obama: Iran still has a path to international acceptance
